Datia Airport

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Datia Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Airport Authority of India [1] [2]
Serves Datia, Jhansi
LocationDatia, Madhya Pradesh
Time zone Indian Standard Time (+5:30)
Coordinates 25°38′59.9″N078°30′11.4″E / 25.649972°N 78.503167°E / 25.649972; 78.503167
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Datia Airport
Datia Airport (India)
Datia Airport

Datia Airport is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The airport current have two scheduled services connecting bhopal and khajuraho .mainly used by private aircraft and air taxis. [3] [4] [5] There are plans to open a flight school at the airstrip. [6]

Expansion

In 2023, Airport Authority of India started to upgrade the airstrip into a new airport which is also near historical Jhansi city of Uttar Pradesh. [7] [8] The proposed airport is 29 kilometres away from Jhansi City and will serve both cities of Datia and Jhansi. [9] On 21 August 2023, India's civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia laid the foundation stone for the expansion of the airstrip into a full-fledged airport. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "AAI project-consultancy". aai.aero.
  2. ↑ "Airports Authority of India seeks funds to cater for traffic growth; 14 greenfield plans approved". CAPA - Centre for Aviation.
  3. ↑ "AAI unserved and underserved airports" (PDF). aai.aero.
  4. ↑ "दतिया से हवाई सेवा". Patrika News. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "दतिया से भी शुरू होगी हवाई सेवा, हवाई पट्टी पर उतरा 10 सीटर प्लेन". Dainik Bhaskar. July 16, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Pilot Academy to open at Datia Airstrip". bansalnews.com. Archived from the original on 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  7. ↑ DEVELOPMENT OF DATIA AIRPORT FOR OPERATION OF 19 SEATER AIRCRAFT. SH: PAVEMENT WORKS
  8. ↑ DEVELOPMENT OF DATIA AIRPORT FOR OPERATION OF 19 SEATER AIRCRAFT. SH: DETAILED DESIGNING, ENGINEERING, PROCUREMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF TERMINAL BUILDING, ATC TOWER AND OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS.
  9. ↑ "Jhansi News: दतिया से शुरू होगी हवाई सेवा, झांसी वालों की भी बढ़ेगी सुविधा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  10. ↑ "MP के इस शहर में बनेगा प्रदेश का 6वां एयरपोर्ट, CM शिवराज ज्योतिरादित्य सिंधिया करेंगे शिलान्यास". News 24 Hindi. Retrieved 21 August 2023.


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